Great site! Wallah its a pleasure to see rising palestinians in the United States. You all make your country PROUD!
This site is very informative, rich with our culture and tradition. In this site is a Message that we wish to pass on to our children and grandchildren - no matter what language we have to use - so we can be heard.
raji3oon!


Leila

now - Myrtle Beach - South Carolina

originally - Nablus - Falasteen

Hello..
A great Site..for a great palestinian people..
such things are what remain for us as a new generations..
The nice words what remain and such a nice site that made us be together again even in lines...
Palestine will never be forgotten...coz its in our souls and minds...in our every day food!!!
Words lasts more and more...so pen a thought here and greet the palestinians in the whole world...
Special dedication to All Farradiyya people in the whole universe...

Zeina
United Arab Emirates

All my support and love go to the people of Palestine! And I pray (I am an Orthodox Christian) that this injustice and modern-time apartheid will one day be over! My country, Serbia, has been under many different occupation, it's in our history an genes, and we have the truth of our own!! Americans are really our favorite people, playing world policemen...It's your land, and I know that one day you will have it, until then...have faith!

hi everyone
my name is rahel and i live in london. sadly my whole family live in palestine, in bethlehem, as refugees. my father tells me of our history and ouur struggle. i hope that i when i grow up i will help to ensure that palestine does not become history.

i looked at pictures of thikreen for the first time ever and saw my father's cousins. insha'allah i will live in palestine one day and i will go back to thikreen and remember my family.

Hey yall again..just wanted to say:
Awesome site and great job!
With lots of love,
Sara >xo!

I am palestinian from Lydda,Keep the good work,and all Palestinians should keep Palestine always in their hearts and work for this cause.
Dr khader Abu-hayyeh.

excellent work. hold on!

Salam ya!!...Im Anna from akka..well im an arab 48..and i love akka very much (V)...for more photos of old Acre city..
chack it out this web site : http://community.webshots.com/user/ACREgirl

for palestinian rap chack it out :=web sites: www.arabrap.net , www.dam3rap.net , http://www.slingshothiphop.com/ , http://wledbled.com/v-web/portal/73/index.php ,http://www.muslimhiphop.net/ , http://www.ramallahunderground.com/ ........Have fun..

Thank you so much for everything
when I want to forget my pain,I open this site
when I need someone to speak with,I open this site
when I miss my homeland,I look at it through this site

Asalam Walakum my fellow qaqunites and greetings to all Abou-Hantash families. I was born in Qaqun and at the age of four,I was ethnically cleansed with the rest of my generation from Palestine. I attended school in Tulkarem and in 1961 went to Germany for further schooling. In 1966 I imigratted to Canada and married from the same Hantash family. Allah(swt) blessed me with 4 children.Raed(civil engineer),Mohammed Reyad(electrical engineer),Khaled is attending College and a daughter who is married to a Palestinian(mechanical engineer) living in California(USA).Allah(swt) blessed me with 7 grandchildren. This will be the 2nd generation of Abou-Hantash family born in North America. A just cause where there is people fighting for,will never get lost. We will (in-sha-allah) return to Qaqun and Palestine. May Allah(swt) bless you all and best wishes to you all. ABOU RAED (Toronto,Canada)

I would like to thank you guys for the good works.We need a website like the one you have to keep us inform.

Mahmoud s Obaid. NJ,USA

its great web site .. & i like it.

salam alaykum,
my name is abdullah, i'm originally from zarnoqa, my father and grand father were bornd there, i'm jordanian citizin now,
the eyes cry tears, the heart is bleading when we see our twon, we will never ever forget our land and our great fathers places, we will come back to palastine we will one day, we may not reach that day but our generation will...
we promise palastine, we promise our grandfathers that thier generation will come back to our land, what we lost by force we will get it in a war..

very nice site .keep it up please

i hope palestine will come back again and we can live in peace but hope it will not be late for that ........

we will get back what is rightfully ours, whether or not we die trying
Ya Falastine!

The injustice of 1948 must be put right.

Remembering the tragedy of the Catastrophe is essential for any hope of a just peace.

Bob

As an Indian hindu with to relation to arabs or muslim,s I would like to make it clear that I fully support the Palestinian right of return and statehood including Jerusalem. What the zionsists have done is a tragedy and we are fully behind you.

Hi all... my name is Ala' Beidas..and my family comefrom elshiekh muannis...we live now in Jenin after the Nakbeh and I have releative in Jordan,USA..I would like to know more about the beidas family and the tree of this family...who does know anything..please send me at my [email protected].

While not actively surprised, the true history of the situation is essentially hidden from the American public. If I had not come across the phrase "Ersatz Israel" and done a google search, I would still be staunchly pro-Israel and utterly confused by the hatred directed towards my country.

I am, politically speaking, a right-wing/conservative. I see now, in the Palestinian people, a group fighting for the rights and responsibilities that I have always believed in. The belief in the right of self-determination, personal property, freedom to practice religion, and self-defense were at the core of the revolution that created my country.

A great deception has been perpetrated on the American people. I can't come to any other conclusion. The evil that it has caused is obvious. It seems that the best aspects of my nation have been manipulated and used as a hammer against a people who should be our allies.

The people of the United States do not have any desire to destroy Islam. I am no longer sure about the government of my country. I am no longer sure who controls the direction of my government.

My name is Ahmed Saleh Ahmed Ibrahim Essa Saleh Abdullah Ahmed Al-Akki Al-Bathish. In Arabic (أحمد صالح أحمد إبراهيم عيسى صالح عبد الله أحمد العكي آل بطحيش). My family is originally from the city of Acre (Akka). My grandfather fled to Lebanon in 1948. In the 1950؟s, my father moved to Saudi Arabia where he acquired the Saudi citizenship. I was born in Saudi Arabia (1963), and have been living there ever since, but my heart and mind is always with my home land Palestine and my home city Acre (Akka). I can only pray to God that one day I would be able to return back home. I am trying to relocate any of my family members still living in Acre (Akka). If you think you are related to my family in any way, please contact me on my e-mail; [email protected]. God bless you all.

They forced us to leave our country and home behind and become citizens of another country, like that would make things alright for us. We may have become Jordanians, Lebanese, Americans, Canadians, Australians or born as citizens of another country and assimilate into their society but our true identity has always been Palestinian and so will we remain that way.
We Don't Forget!!!!!

Happy Eid for all , I wish to celebaret next year in our masaged and churches in palestine , and i want to say for all , we will return ,

salam

The Fifty-Seventh Memorial Day of Safsaf Massacre

Oct. 29,1948 was The Black Day, The Day of Safsaf Massacre on which the Zionist Israeli criminals Brutally Butchered more than 70 men and Ethnically Cleansed out the people of Safsaf * the Legitimate Owners of the Land and by force occupied the village. Let it be known to all that we shall never ever forget that day and swear to pass that Memorial Black Day with its savage acts and painful memories to all our young generation after generation with its detailed unforgotten scenes and keep up the cause alive.

Long live Palestine. Our Homeland Palestine is for Palestinians.
For sure we all shall and will RETURN and have our own state.


* Safsaf is 7 (Kms) north west of Safad/Palestine

[email protected]

Wonderful website. My father John George Soudah was born in Haifa in 1924. He has many pictures and I will try my best to get these scanned and sent to you for this website. My father does not talk about his life in Palestine much so I will look over this site with great interest thank you.

Ramsey Soudah (England)

I assure all 1948 Refugees that if we didn؟t let the world forget us they will not, We are not Jordanians, we are not Syrians, we are not Lebanese, we are Palestinians with no disrespect to our host countries that؟s who we are. nor Sharon and the entire temporary state of Israel! or even The so called "Palestinian Authority" and it's cronies will lessen our determination In Shaa Allah.

The only one solution that could work is not the "two states side-by-side" which will only lead to tension and mutual distrust. It is one single state wher Palestinians and Jews can live as co-citizens of an equal, democratic state.

IAM HUSAM BORN IN IRBID.JORDAN 1955 MY FATHER IS MARIE SAID HAIFAWI BORN IN SAFAD.OUR HOME IS BESID THE MELLETAR HOSPITAL..
I HOP TO RETERN BACK TO SAFAD, MY BEST REGARDS TO AL PEPOLES THERE

May God belss all the arab martyrs...

I would just like to say to people to not attack the so-called "Sephardim" or "Falasha" "Jews". These people are descended from the ancient Israelites and Edomites and thus are entitled to some respect. It is the "Ashkenazi" who are the terrorists and white-supremacist fascist Nazis. The distinction must be made. Before the creation of the so-called "state Of Israel" the Palestinians and the "Sephardim" (ie Israelites) lived in peace together in the land of Palestine, and must Sephardim/Israelites considered themselves to be Palestinian. Once the Turko-Slavo-Germanic AshkeNAZIS took over though, everything turned into a bloody mess. To lump all the so-called "Israelis" together is not fair to the true Israelites(not the Sharons and Netennayhu bigots).

Congratulation Congratulation

Congratulatlion to all Palestinians
and the Whole Nation
I would like to register here my sincere
Appreciation to all those who made this
Great Victory in Gaza/ Palestine possible
on the ground today.
We all hope it will be the first step towards
Independent Palestine. We all Love Life, we
Love Peace and Love Our Sacred Rights.
Congratulation again and Long Live Our
Holly Palestine.

Maedghaim
13/9/2005

The Gaza Strip is the world's largest open air prison. Getting out of Gaza requires special permits and border crossings. While others would see the Mediterranean as a sanctuary away from the hardships of the world, most Gazans see it as a liquid wall, housing them against their will like the inmates of Alcatraz.


What is surprising about the Palestinian people is their resiliency and resolve. They have demonstrated that they can withstand anything the Israelis dish out, no matter how painful, in defense of their fundamental rights. Many Israelis now understand the Palestinians' determination to secure their rights, and most of the world is supportive of their aspirations.
Now it is the time to rebuild Gaza and make it a model for the next cities to come. It is the time for our arab brothers and euoropien friends to give the palestinians in Gaza a chance to rebuild their city after 38 years of distruction and occupation by Israel.
Lets make Gaza the Honkong of palestine ؟.
Ksa, Uae, kuwait, Morocco , Jordan , France , Egypt, France, Greec ؟ and all our friends if u couldn؟t help us in our struggle, at least help us in rebulding our home,
Regards

Posted by charminime on JULY-18-2005
i was so glad to find this website. My maiden name was Atallah. I have tried to locate anyone that may possibly tell me about my ancestry. My fathers family was originally from Haifa.

Charminime
My name is Abed Atallah and im trying to find out the same information as you if you do come up with anything my email address is [email protected]
Thanks

i WAS IMPRESSED BY THE DEPTH OF INFORMATION PALESTINE REMEMBERED HAS ABOUT EARLY ZIONIST FIGURES. I ATTENDED ZIONIST SUMMER CAMP IN THE US AND LATER SERVED IN THE IDF. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SOFT FOCUS ON SOME OF THE QUOTES YOU MENTIONED IN ZIONIST EDUCATION BUT WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM WITH THE ACTUAL EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE FROM A PALESTINIAN POINT OF VIEW, WELL ITS AN UGLY FACE THAT STARES BACK IN THE MIRROR. I DO SEE ISRAEL AS AN APARTHIED STATE BUT I HOPE FOR A FUTURE IN WHICH THERE CAN BE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION. TRUTH WITHOUT HATRED AND RECONCILATION WITHOUT FEAR. THRERE CAN BE NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE

-ROLY

For days as I read and watch the media coverage of the Gaza evacuation I wonder where is the context of this story? Why doesn't the media contrast this patient evacuation of Jewish illegal settlers from Gaza with the forced evacuation of Palestinians from Palestinian land in Gaza? Rafah, a Palestinian city on the Egyptian border has had over 2500 homes bulldozed by the Israeli occupying army resulting in over 17,000 homeless. More Rafah homes are targeted for demolition. Why is there no coverage of those suffering families? There is no compensation being offered for their losses or promises of a new place to live. Palestinian families are not given sympathy or tears in their forced eviction. No patience for these refugees who also pleaded for their homes. Peaceful protests were met with tear gas, and lethal rubber bullets. On March 19th 2003, Rachel Corrie, a young American college student stood between a bulldozer and a Palestinian home in Rafah where she was brutally murdered by being run over twice. There has been no Bush Administration concern that the driver was not punished in any way for her murder. Palestinians who would try to stay in their targeted homes would be bulldozed over not coaxed with tears and rubbing of soft cheeks. The Palestinians have a legal right to their home and lands. The illegal Jewish settlers were placed on the land by an occupying army which is against International Law and Geneva Conventions.

Consider how much sympathy Americans would have if Mexico put Mexicans in California by clearing off American citizens from their private land, bulldozing homes, orchards and crops and then created Mexican only settlements with Mexican only roads coming and going to the Mexican border clearing more homes in its wake. Considering the attitude many Americans have for illegal immigrants to the US (who come to be part of our communities and live and work among us rather than set themselves up as "chosen" and entitled to the best of our land) imagine what Americans would do if they were besieged by such zealots? Would they cry for them when their government or ours moved them back home?


K. Wang
Diamond Bar, Ca
[email protected]

This was the week of the "Gaza disengagement" I was disturbed by the media coverage from an "Israeliocentric" position but want to assure you that some of us in America are waking up to the nightmare the Palestinians have lived for over 50 years. I support the campaign against the apartheid wall and pray for justice for the Palestinians.
I reject the scripted lies that the media has perpetuated.

Hello!

I just want to say to the palestiniens, I think about you alot and what is happening to you. Be stong and dont give up hope. On lucky day will come for you.
Regards from sweden

Hi there,

we are setting up a campaign in solidarity with the Baqa'a refugee camp.

Please check out our website on www.baqaacamp.blogspot.com and feel free to contact us.

thank you

our beloved Father land , we are in evry country in the world . We think of you always , and always we continue to keep our promise , " Our Palesine we remember you always , and we will never accept nor trade you for any other land .

Palestine ; you are our mother and father land , I was an infane when they Evil forces took over you ; but I know they will leave soon back to their home land ; that is outside Palestine and the Arab world .

b)I won't deal with the Zionist "arguments" about if they had the "right" to do what they do to the Palestinians and seize their land. They 're ridiculous.NO ONE HAS ANY RIGHT TO FEROCIOUSLY STEAL THE LAND OF A WHOLE PEOPLE AFTER CENTURIES AND CENTURIES, JUST BECAUSE HE CLAIMS THE...WELL OF ABRAHAM - OR I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE - WAS IN THIS LAND.This paranoia shows clearly what ideology can sometimes do to the minds of the people:it can drive common logic to extinction, make you unable to see the material reality.To allege such a thing, is as if we could also claim that, if supposedly the Indians in North America had the military power to return, they had the "right" to occupy,devastate, demolish and kill the present american people just because..."Manitu" (their God) promised them this land 500 or more years before.This is crazy.THE THING IS:THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AS ANY PEOPLE OR ANY HUMAN BEING ON THIS PLANET, HAD AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO MOVE TO WHEREVER THEY WANT AND WHENEVER THEY WANT.BUT, THEY DIN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT THE WAY THEY DID, GOING TO SOME PLACE NOT INTENDING TO PEACEFULLY CO-EXIST AND SHARE ITS GOODS WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVED THERE, BUT AIMING TO VIOLENTLY MAKE THEM EXTINCT AND KEEP THE PLACE ONLY FOR THEIR OWN SAKE.This is a hard-to-conceive paranoid idea that stems from a combination of geopolitical interests of the planet's great powers and the racist and nationalistic nature of the Zionist and religious - maniac ideology.

Remeber guys what u did elsewhere, no one can deny that your case is rightful, but letting others (that are not related to your tragedy)suffer wont help your case at all...

Thank you for this wonderful website.

I have visited Palestine twice and both times I was treated with kindness not often found here in the US. The Palestinian people that I met took me (a total stranger) into their homes like I was family. I will never forget that.

The most important thing to remember is that home is always in your heart. No one can take that away. Like the man in the photo on the Palestine Remembered website holding a key symbolizes, that front-door key will keep alive the memories until the day when justice will prevail.

Assalaam alaykum.

i was so glad to find this website. My maiden name was Atallah. I have tried to locate anyone that may possibly tell me about my ancestry. My fathers family was originally from Haifa.

not all Jews are "Zionists" we just want peace and safety after a traumatic history. Promoting hate continues hatred. The only way to a solution is to talk, talk and keep talking until we can find a way to live together.

Which one was there First: Palestine or Israel?
Whenever you are trying to talk to a Zionist, he always try to mention that there has never been a Palestinian state or a Palestinian kingdom throughout the history. Contrary to what their Torah states in Genesis 26:1 ( ؟ ؟ Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to King ABIMELECH of the Philistines ؟؟.) so as we can see that their own Torah confirms the fact that there was a Palestinian Kingdom, and Abimelech was their king at the time of Isaac.
As far as who was there 1st, I think the verse in Exo13:17 says it all: ؟ When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES, although that was nearer; for God thought, `If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt؟؟

"The Palestinians are descendants of the Canaanites and were in Palestinelong before the Jews". The Zionists on the other hand claims that the Palestinian are not related to the Canaanites .

Recently I was reading the bible and came across an interesting verses in Genesis. If proven to be true, it will be a slap on the face for all who claim that Palestinians are not related to the Canaanites (especially the JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY who posted this statement in (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mf1.html#a... ) an evidence from their own book, what more they want !! read the following and be the judge yourself.



In Gen 9:18 , Gen 10:6-20, Gen 10:14 , it states that Noah has three sons: Sam, Ham, and Yafet. and it states that Ham is the father of the Canaanites. Let us read through more in Genesis and go to the verse in Gen:6-20 and Gen10-14. In these verses it states clearly the sons of Ham in detail and specifically Gen 10:14 that mentions the CASLUHIM whom the philistines or philistim came from. BAM ... lets go back and review what i just mention in a simple way:

Noah >>> HAM (the father of the Canaanites) >>> CASLUHIM >>> Philistines.

Conclusion: the old Testament STATES CLEARLY that the philistines came From Canaan, and to all who disagree with this statement, Read the verses above.
Palestine Our Land.